Family:Whitney, Jonah (1771-1810)

Jonah⁶ Whitney (Thomas⁵, Thomas⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), son of Thomas⁵ and Ann (Gould) Whitney, was born 25 Aug 1771, and died 3 Oct 1810, Westborough, MA.

He married, 21 May 1797, Anna Rider.

He was killed while moving a building. His widow requested the Probate Court to grant her an assignment of her dower, according to the law 13 Apr 1813. He resided Shrewsbury and Westborough, Massachusetts.

Children of Jonah⁶ and Anna (Rider) Whitney:

i.	Phila7 Whitney, b. 12 Apr 1798.
ii.	Patty Whitney, b. 17 May 1800.
iii.	Seraph Whitney, b. 4 Apr 1802; d. 16 Oct 1803
iv.	Orlando Whitney, b. 23 Jul 1804; m. Susan M. Wood.
v.	Polly Whitney, b. 9 Oct 1806.
vi.	Margaret Ann Whitney, b. 1 Feb 1809.
vii.	Jonah Whitney, b. 29 Mar 1811.

Census

• 1790: not found.

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 193.

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